Why the Japanese Are Bad at Foreign Languages
- Category:Other
ROCKETNEWS
Many Japanese people lament their inability to carry out a proper conversation in English despite studying it for 10 years in junior high, high school and university.
Some people blame the education system, some people blame the lack of transparency between Japanese and other langu...
Many Japanese people lament their inability to carry out a proper conversation in English despite studying it for 10 years in junior high, high school and university.
Some people blame the education system, some people blame the lack of transparency between Japanese and other langu...
- October 31, 2014
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Are virtual reality schools the future of education in Japan?
- Category:Other
ROCKETNEWS
Don’t like going to high school? Instead of physically going to campus and dealing with other whiney teens and your annoying teachers, you could send an avatar to go to a virtual school for you! Starting next spring, a private correspondence school in Chiba Prefecture called Meisei C...
Don’t like going to high school? Instead of physically going to campus and dealing with other whiney teens and your annoying teachers, you could send an avatar to go to a virtual school for you! Starting next spring, a private correspondence school in Chiba Prefecture called Meisei C...
- October 31, 2014
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Does Japan want citizens to be nationalist or international?
- Category:Other
DW
While the Japanese government says it wants more students to study overseas to develop different perspectives, text books at home are taking a more conservative and patriotic line. DW examines.
In an attempt to offer future generations the skills that are "more suited for practical use," Jap...
While the Japanese government says it wants more students to study overseas to develop different perspectives, text books at home are taking a more conservative and patriotic line. DW examines.
In an attempt to offer future generations the skills that are "more suited for practical use," Jap...
- October 31, 2014
- Comment (1)
- Trackback(0)
English Education in Japan
- Category:Other
THEDIPLOMAT
To stay competitive in a global economy, countries often look to education. In Northeast Asia, an intense pursuit of education has made the region renowned for its numerous entrance-exams at every level of schooling and flourishing cram-school cultures. In recent years, Japan has pl...
To stay competitive in a global economy, countries often look to education. In Northeast Asia, an intense pursuit of education has made the region renowned for its numerous entrance-exams at every level of schooling and flourishing cram-school cultures. In recent years, Japan has pl...
- October 31, 2014
- Comment (1)
- Trackback(0)
Japan's Divided Education Strategy
- Category:Tourism
NYTIMES
Japan’s simultaneous embrace of nationalism and cosmopolitanism is generating ambiguous signals from its education policy makers. They are rewriting textbooks along what they call “patriotic” lines, alienating their Asian neighbors in the process. But at the same time, they are promotin...
Japan’s simultaneous embrace of nationalism and cosmopolitanism is generating ambiguous signals from its education policy makers. They are rewriting textbooks along what they call “patriotic” lines, alienating their Asian neighbors in the process. But at the same time, they are promotin...
- October 31, 2014
- Comment (1)
- Trackback(0)
Japanese University to boost International Ranking
- Category:Other
JAPANTIMES
The government has announced it will provide funding to 37 leading public and private universities in a bid to boost their global competitiveness.
They will receive annual grants for up to 10 years to boost the number of foreign staff, secure more overseas admissions and hopefully ra...
The government has announced it will provide funding to 37 leading public and private universities in a bid to boost their global competitiveness.
They will receive annual grants for up to 10 years to boost the number of foreign staff, secure more overseas admissions and hopefully ra...
- October 24, 2014
- Comment (1)
- Trackback(0)
Low incomes in rural areas blamed for growing gap in university admissions
- Category:Other
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
A widening gap in incomes in urban and rural areas is primarily to blame for a growing chasm in university admissions.
Calculations by The Asahi Shimbun based on an education ministry survey show a difference of about 40 percentage points between the prefecture with the highes...
A widening gap in incomes in urban and rural areas is primarily to blame for a growing chasm in university admissions.
Calculations by The Asahi Shimbun based on an education ministry survey show a difference of about 40 percentage points between the prefecture with the highes...
- October 16, 2014
- Comment (1)
- Trackback(0)
University of Tokyo keeps No. 23 world ranking
- Category:Other
NEWSONJAPAN.com
The University of Tokyo maintained its position in global university rankings at 23rd, but four other Japanese universities in the top 200 saw their rankings drop from 2013, according to the British magazine Times Higher Education.
Todai was ranked the highest among the Asian inst...
The University of Tokyo maintained its position in global university rankings at 23rd, but four other Japanese universities in the top 200 saw their rankings drop from 2013, according to the British magazine Times Higher Education.
Todai was ranked the highest among the Asian inst...
- October 9, 2014
- Comment (11513)
- Trackback(0)
What's wrong with English education in Japan?
- Category:Other
NEWSONJAPAN.com
When you speak to foreign English educators in Japan, one thing becomes crystal clear: English education in Japan isn't working.
It's just awful. While English classes are mandatory in Japanese schools, the percentage of students who emerge with actual English abilities are surp...
When you speak to foreign English educators in Japan, one thing becomes crystal clear: English education in Japan isn't working.
It's just awful. While English classes are mandatory in Japanese schools, the percentage of students who emerge with actual English abilities are surp...
- October 9, 2014
- Comment (929)
- Trackback(0)
Tokyo Stock Exchange operator to provide entrepreneurship education for students
- Category:Other
JAPANTIMES
Japan Exchange Group Inc., operator of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges, will provide junior high and high school students with education on entrepreneurship through a simulation.
With the Abe administration including entrepreneurship education in its economic growth strategy, as ...
Japan Exchange Group Inc., operator of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges, will provide junior high and high school students with education on entrepreneurship through a simulation.
With the Abe administration including entrepreneurship education in its economic growth strategy, as ...
- September 17, 2014
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(90)